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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19- Police Department CITY OF SAN BERNA. -DING - REQUEST FO . COUNCIL ACTION From: Lee Dean, Chief of Police Subject: Resolution of the City of San Bernardino waiving its right to its entire Juvenile Accountability Dept: Police Department /1 Incentive Block Grant(JAIBG)award and OR I u INA L contributing its JAIBG funding to a Regional Date: January 11, 1999 Crime Enforcement Coalition (RJCEC) Synopsis of Previous Council action: None. Recommended motion: Adopt Resolution Sig6ature Contact person: Lt. BIII Smith Phone: 384-5609 Supporting data attached:Yes Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: None Source: (Acct No.) (Acct Description) Finance: Council Notes: q� �7 >s-o 2 Agenda Item No c CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT Subject Resolution of the City of San Bernardino waiving its right to its entire Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) award and contributing its JAIBG funding to a Regional Crime Enforcement Coalition(RJCEC). Background The State of California, Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) administers the federal Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) program created to promote greater accountability of juveniles in the justice system. JAIBG funds are allocated to units of local government on a formula basis based on their percentage of population under the age of 18. A predetermined percentage of JAIBG funds must be expended on each of the 12 program purpose areas unless the applicant receives a waiver from OCJP. The program purpose areas involve the detention, prosecution, monitoring, supervision or rehabilitation of juveniles placed into the juvenile justice system. The program purpose areas are outside the normal services and activities performed by the San Bernardino Police Department and are more effectively performed by other aspects of the juvenile justice system. Each local government entity in San Bernardino County received an application to apply for the 1998 JAIBG award with a deadline of January 29, 1999. The total allocation for San Bernardino County is $675,024. The City of San Bernardino's allocation is $103,742. The JAIBG program requires a ten percent (10%) cash match of$11,527, which will not be waived. Applicants for JAIBG awards must first establish a Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition (JCEC) or a Regional Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition (RJCEC) and then develop a Coordinated Enforcement Plan (CEP) for reducing juvenile crime. JCEC and RJCEC must include individuals representing police, sheriffs, prosecutors, probation services,juvenile courts, schools, business and religious, fraternal, nonprofit or social service organizations involved in crime prevention. The Law Enforcement Education Partnership (LEEP) Committee, of which the San Bernardino Police Department is a member, was created in January 1995, to explore areas for interagency partnerships in support of youth and the promotion of school and community safety. LEEP's membership includes administrators from county law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and the district attorney. LEEP has proposed serving as the RJCEC for the all government entities in San Bernardino County and administering a proposed CEP consisting of an expansion of the existing Probation Officers on Campus and Juvenile Citations on Campus programs. Specifically, JAIBG funds would be used to hire approximately 12 additional probation officers, one supervising probation officer and an additional Juvenile Traffic Court Officer. This approach would "leverage" the total county allocation of$675,024. As of January 13, 1999, 13 cities and the County of San Bernardino have committed, or are in the process of committing, to the RJCEC approach. The City of San Bernardino should participate in the RJCEC and would benefit in the following manner: • San Bernardino has the largest population of people under the age of 18 in the County who potentially would directly benefit from the increased services of the proposed CEP. • San Bernardino Police Department's participation in LEEP provides the City of San Bernardino with a voice and input on the use of JAIBG funds and placement of probation officers on our school campuses. • The proposed CEP expands the Probation Officer on Campus program that currently exists at ten sites in nine school districts, and the Juvenile Citations on Campus program that exists in two middle schools and six high schools within San Bernardino County. These programs have resulted in much lower school suspension/expulsion rates and lower crime rates by juveniles during school hours. • Currently, there are two probation officers assigned to campuses within the San Bernardino City Unified School District. SBCUSD officials indicate that this is a successful program and that although there would be funding issues for the district, they support this concept. Expansion of the program would increase the results and benefits to the community of San Bernardino. • The Juvenile Traffic Court has proven to be an effective tool to address minor criminal or traffic offenses committed by juveniles. The addition of a Juvenile Traffic Court Officer will increase their ability to be responsive to these problems. • Forming a RJCEC promotes interagency partnerships and cooperation. Programs developed and administered by the RJCEC cross jurisdictional and agency boundaries and provide increased services and benefits to the targeted population. • Forming a RJCEC eliminates the need for the City of San Bernardino to identify and fund the required cash match of$11,527 and directly administer the grant award. Financial Impact None for the City of San Bernardino. Recommendation Adopt Resolution. 4 COPY 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WAIVING ITS RIGHT TO ITS 3 ENTIRE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT (JAIBG) AWARD AND CONTRIBUTING ITS JAIBG FUNDING TO A REGIONAL CRIME 4 ENFORCEMENT COALITION (RJCEC). 5 WHEREAS the San Bernardino Police Department declines to directly accept funds 6 made available through the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Program 7 administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP). 8 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON 9 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO that the City of San Bernardino waives 10 its right to its entire direct subgrant award of$103,742 and authorizes the funds to be expended by the regional Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition for the mutual benefit of 11 both units of local government. 12 13 IT IS AGREED THAT ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF 14 THIS Grand Award Agreement, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency. The State of California and 15 OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such action. 16 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be 18 used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 O O 1 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WAIVING ITS RIGHT TO ITS 2 ENTIRE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABLITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT (JAIBG)AWARD AND 3 ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTING ITS JAIBG FUNDING TO A REGIONAL CRIME ORCEMENT COLATITION (RJCEC). 4 1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor 5 and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held 6 on the_day of 1999 by the following vote: 7 COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT 8 ESTRADA 9 10 LIEN 11 Vacant-3r° Ward 12 SCHNETZ 13 DEVLIN 14 ANDERSON 15 MILLER 16 17 Rachel G. Clark, City Clerk 18 The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this day of 19 1999. 20 21 Judith Valles, Mayor City of San Bernardino 22 23 Approved as to form and The City Attorney consents to the 24 legal content: decline of grant funds as identified in this resolution. 25 James Penman JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney 26 City Attorney 27 By: c,,,,..,` By ,:.... � 28 LAW AND JUSTICE GROUP y" covc�xr of sAx senrunoxNo Bernardino, CA. 92415.0480 (909) 387-5502 District Attorney Marshal Keith Bushey, Law and Justice Group Chairman Probation Lon McDougal, Law and Justice Group Analyst Public xdminiatrator-coroner/ Public Guardian-Conservator Public Defender Sheriff Superior Court December 16, 1998 City of San Bemardino Fred Wilson, City Administrator 300 North D Street P.O. Box 1318 San Bemardino, CA 92402 RE: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (OCJP-JAIBG) Dear Fred: Re: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Each local govemmental entity in San Bemardino County has/will receive a Request for Application (RFA) from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the JAIBG Program. The JAIBG Program is intended to provide states and units of local govemment with funds to develop programs that promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system. These funds must be used to support one or more areas identified in the attached FACT SHEET. Please also find attached, information which details dollar amounts allocated to each local govemmental entity in San Bernardino County. The Law Enforcement Education Partnership Committee (LEEP) is interested in leveraging the total allocation ($675,024) to create a Regional Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition. LEEP has been meeting since January 20, 1995. it began with a group of interested superintendents and law enforcement Chiefs and has since expanded to include other related agencies such as Probation, the Judiciary and County Counsel. The group's purpose is to explore areas for interagency partnerships in the support of youth and the promotion of school and community safety. LEEP is proposing that the regional coalition use the funds to expand the Probation Officers on Campus program and would consider adding an additional Juvenile Traffic Hearing Officer if the increased volume of citations warrant it. These two initiatives appropriately address Program Purpose areas 3 and 7 under "Program Purpose Area Description" of the attached FACT SHEET: • Purpose Area 3 — Hiring additional juvenile judges, probation officers, and court appointed defenders, and funding pre-trial services for juveniles, to ensure the smooth and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice system. • Purpose Area 7—Providing funding to enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation offices to be more effective and efficient in holding juvenile offenders accountable and reducing recidivism The rational for focusing on these two areas is attached. In addition, both programs have existing protocol and language delineating roles and purpose and how each affects juvenile accountability. Both programs are proven programs which have resulted in much lower school suspension/expulsion rates, which subsequently have resulted in lower crime rates by juveniles during school hours. There is existing support from pmbation,juvenile traffic court, school districts, and law enforcement for both initiatives. I , O O Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (OCJP-JAIBG) December 17, 1998 page 2 The LEEP is requesting your support in responding to the RFA by committing your direct grant award allocation to the Regional Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition. The Law and Justice Group will be the LEAD entity for the RFA. In order to accomplish this task, action must be taken by each local government entity to commit its direct grant award to the Coalition. To that end, LEEP is requesting that your city take appropriate action to release your direct grant award by completing the attached resolution. Please do not deviate from the form and content of the resolution. The deadline for submitting the application is January 29, 1999; therefore your prompt attention is appreciated. It is respectfully requested that you forward your signed resolution by January 16,1999 to Lon McDougal at: 157 West 5`"Street, V floor, San Bernardino, Ca 92415-0480. Please feel free to contact him for additional informatmIquestions at (909) 387-5502. If needed, you may also request a representative of LEEP to attend your City Council meeting to answer questions or provide clarification. It is important to note, that if all govemmental entities elect to commit their direct award to the Coalition (total dollar amount of$697,006), this dollar amount less a 10% administrative fee will be used to hire an additional Juvenile Traffic Court Officer and approximately 12 additional probation officers and 1 supervising probation officer. School districts electing to participate in the Probation Officer on Campus Program must make a financial contribution out of their general fund budget to offset part of the cost of the probation officer. Marshal Keith Bushey Chief Sam Scott S Bernardino Cou ty Marshal's Department Fontana Police Department 12- 1-1) �v�, % ,5 AP-/ Date Date Ray Wingerd, Chief Probation Officer Judge IIIIJ���John Martin Sa emardino Probation Department - uv Court Date Date Dr. Her Fis her, Superintendent Elect San a nor o C unt eri e o Schools Date hrp://we .mjp.o .gov/jbfctsh.ht 176 Fact Shat Fact Sheet: June 1998 Office of Criminal Justice Planning Juvenile Amuntability Incentive Block Grant Q AIBG) Updated 11/6/98 The request for applications and the program guidelines for the program have not been released. Continue checking this site for release updates. Program Summary _ JThe purpose of the JAD3G Program is to provide States and units of local government with funds to develop programs to promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system ❑ Total National Allocation: $250 million ❑ California Award: $22,539,000 • Cash Match Requirement: 10%, but 50%if funds are used for perm, correctional facility construction • Administrative Requirement: All fund recipients must establish and maintain interest bearing Trust Fund. OCJP is the fund recipient for California • Administrative Costs: 10%maximum • Eligibility Requirements; Units of local government. • California Application: Due to Washington DC June 30, 1998 • Local Applications: Due to OCJP date pending federal response In order for California to be eligible the Governor must certify that the State is considering the following: • Mandatory Adult Prosecution of 15 year old Juveniles Who Commit Violent Crimes. • Mandatory Graduated Sanctions ❑ Mandatory Juvenile Adjudication Record keeping System Equivalent to Adult Record keeping System. • No State Laws Prohibiting Court Ordered Parental Supervision/Accountabmty/Sanctions • Controlled Substance Testing for Juvenile Offenders Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition(JCEC)Requirements Any state or local unit of government agency funded by the State Administering Agency for the 12 program purpose area activities must have a JCEC. The role of the JCEC is to develop a local Coordinated Agency Enforcement Plan for Reducing Juvenile Crime In accordance with federal requirements each Local Unit of Government JCEC must represent 12/02/99 14:09r i .f1 JFB Fact Shxt http://www.ocjp ca.gov/jjbfcish.htm .the following individuals: polite busiti shrtilf schoo prose tm juvenile rt Pr° cn� iehgious affiliated, fraternal, nonprofit, or social service organization involved in crime prevention. Prior to Obligation Requirements: Prior to obligation of program funds by the State or unit of local government in any of the 12 program purpose areas, the State must provide to OJJDP information that demonstrates that the State and each unit of local government receiving JAIBG funds have established a Coordinated Agency Enforcement Plan for Reducing Juvenile Crime, developed by the Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition. (JCEC). State Award Distribution Requirements as federally established: ❑ 75% of the State's award must be distributed to all the units of local government. ❑ Project Funding Levels are yet to be determined based on 2/3 law enforcement expenditure data and 1/3 based on reported violent crime data as previously reported to the federal government. Local Project Allocation Requirements as federally established: • Not Less than 45% shall be allocated to program purpose areas 3-9. • Not Less than 35% shall be allocated to program purpose areas 1, 2, & 10. ❑ 20% discretionary may be budgeted for any of the 12 program purpose areas. Program Purpose Area Description 1. Facilities;building, expanding, renovating; operating temp/perm including training correctional staff. 2. Developing& Administering Accountability Based Sanctions for juvenile offenders. 3. Hiring juvenile judges, probation officers, defenders 4. Hiring prosecutors 5. Prosecution Funding to address drug, gang, youth violence prosecutions 6. Technology&Equipment for Prosecutors 7. Juvenile Court& Juvenile Probation Offices regarding Accountability&Reducing Recidivism 8. Establish Juvenile Gun Courts that target young firearm offenders. 9. Establish Youth Drug Courts 12/0219814:09.4( 2 of hnp://%nw.mjp.w.gov/jjbfc"h.htm liB Pect Shut 10. Establish& maintain interagency information-sharing programs to make more informed decisions. 11. Establish& maintain accountability-based programs designed to protect students and school personnel from drug, gang, and youth violence. 12. Implement a policy of juvenile drug testing within the juvenile justice system. For information on Federal JAIBG Guidelines please go to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention web site. Juvenile Allocation Incentive Block Grant Allocation Data(Updared 9-30-98) JBack to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Branch J Return to OCJP HomePage 11/07/98 14:09:4 3 of C O Probation Officers On Campus Program Description And Rationale This program targets youth and their families. Students, whose behaviors will jeopardize their academic and social success, are identified by and/or referred to a campus probation officer for intervention and follow-up. The purpose of the program is to reduce referrals for suspension and expulsion, improve student grades and attendance; to prevent the youth from becoming involved in the juvenile criminal justice system and reduce the incidents of conflict and violence on campus. This program currently exists at ten sites in nine school districts within San Bernardino County. The ten probation officers are funded by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, School Violence Reduction Grant; the Probation Department's Challenge Grant and participating school districts general budget. Based upon the needs of the district, the probation officer may be assigned to a specific school site or may be utilized throughout the district to respond to student needs. These probation officers are unique in that they do not carry probation caseloads and are free to provide prevention/intervention services to students. The program has been in place for one year and is a success; districts are reporting outcomes such as increased attendance, improved student performance both academically and socially and reduced incidents of fighting. U Juvenile Citations Program Description & Rationale This program empowers school administrators and security personnel to write citations for nine crimes that can be heard in Informal Juvenile Traffic Court. Professional, in- depth instruction for selected school personnel is provided in how to recognize the elements of nine crimes commonly committed on middle and high school campuses. Currently,this program is in two middle schools and six high schools; we would like to expand this program to more middle schools and high schools. Preliminary reports on the impact before and after this program was introduced shows a reduction on the expulsion and suspension rates. Expulsions were reduced by 23%in participating schools. Suspensions were reduced by 16% in participating schools, and Call for Service by law enforcement for participating schools resulted in average reduction of 26%. We are confident that similar results can be achieved in other school districts that have no police force on their campuses.